The Sun. — London, England, 1836-12-30 00:00:00

't ...‘ - PO ,CE INTELLIGENCE. MANSIOLV-HOT.' , st. A gin-drinking carpenter, nitiriae',l John Low, was charged with having beaten his wife, because she would not let him pawn his children's shucs; to enable him to get an extra quantity of gin. - - Constance .Lo' w , the wife, deposed that the defendant, who had for 'many years been in the habit of beating her black, thou g h t proper to seize two or three of his children for the F.rpose of unshocing them, in order to pawn their shoes fr a d purchase gin. Witness opposed this very pater nal wr .y of treating the poor children, and received for her oppr,sition several thumps, which deprived her of the power Of calling for assistance. The LORD MAYOR—Defendant, is it true that a man . -ileriving a good profit from his employment can be capable of taking off his children's shoes to gratify his appetite for drink ? Defendant=-There was no occasion for a word, your Lordship ; but there was no standing her jaw. I had no idea of touching the shoes. The wife--He was pulling them off, and would have - bad them in gin in a few minutes if I had not prevented it. lie has been this nine years using me ill, although we have six children, and I support them, for he never makes any effort, except to take away whatever I have. The LORD MAYOR—And all for gin ! Mr. Hobler—No doubt of it ; if he could turn his wife and children into barrels of gin, he would do it in an instant. The LORD MAYOR directed that the defendant should not go near his wife, except for the purpose of paying her 10s. a week, which, if he did not pay punctually, he should be locked up in prison. BOTV-STREET. Yesterday a man named Edward Morley was charged on suspicion of being concerned with Sarah Ligo (now in custody, and remanded until Saturday next) in an exten s've robbery, committed at the house of Mrs. Booth, in Hereford -street, Oxford-street, where about five hundred pounds worth of property was stolen. This prisoner was remanded till Saturday. HATTON-GARDEN. John Macpherson, formerly the master of Pentonville school, was finally examined, charged by Mr. John Rowe, lace-manufacturer, of No. 15, King's-terrace, St. Pancrai, with having robbed him of a gold watch, books, and various articles of jewellery. He was fully committed for trial. John Wishart was re-examined, charred by Miss Jane Abbot, of John-street, Clcrkenwell, witCbigamy. The particulars of the case have already been detailed. A solicitor for the prosecutrix begged that the prisoner might be again remanded, as they had ascertained that he lad married another young woman, being the fifth or sixth marriage that had been solemnized since his first marriage. Mr. LAING inquired whether any evidence was procured from Glasgow, where the first marriage took place ? So licitor—No ; but there are several of his wives ready to prosecute him. Mr. LAING said there was a prima facie case against the prisoner. . _ The solicitor said that every effort would be used to bring forward evidence of the first marriage, and the Magistrate remanded the prisoner for another week. Yesterday a well-dressed woman, with a large white veil, entered this office in a flighty manner, and requested ad vice how to proceed against Lord Melbourne, Lord John Russell, and other Members of his Majesty's Government, to obtain from them 4001. On being questioned, she refused to state how she was entitled to the money that she laid claim to, but emphati cally said—" I am determined to pursue them until I get it, and this is a place to get justice." She was asked whether she had ever applied to the Go vernment for the money? Applicant—No ; but I have written to Mr. Wakley, the Member of Parliament, and the lawyer, offering him 3,0001. if he would bring my case before Parliament. MAGISTRATE—Where do you live ? Applicant—ln Elder-walk, Islington, next door to the Rose. I came here the other day, and was referred to the Swan with Two Necks, Lad-lane, where I was told the 4001. would be ready for me ; but on going there they laughed at me, and said there was no parcel there for me. I was then sent to the Lord Mayor ; but he is a fool--:ne could do nothing for me —he only laughed at me ; and here have I been jigity-jog all over London in the cold '+eather, without a farthing in my pocket, and I can, get no redress, and now that I am here I will not leave until you give me 4001. She was informed that nothing could be done for her there. Applicant—Oh, that's all nonsense. I'll never leave you. lam not to be laughed at. lam the wrong sort. The Mi nisters sha'nt get the better of me. They know they owe me the money. _ One of the officers told her to call again at the Swan with Two Necks, and perhaps the property had arrived. Appellant—lf I do, perhaps 1 shall get a duck. No, - no, I will go to Lord Melbourne himself, and insist upon my claims, unless I get the money here. She remained until the magistrates quitted the bench, when an officer by stratagem led her from the office, saying that he would accompany her to the Swan with Two Necks, and she walked out with a dignified strut, being evidently deranged in her intellects. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday, a tall, thin, elderly man, accompanied by a punchy, little, red-faced woman, his wife, entered the office arm-in -arm, when the former directed his better half to stand by his side while he addressed the sitting Magis trate, Mr. GREGORIE, who had just disposed of the night charges, and for want of other business was engaged in Teading the paper. Mr. GREGORIE—Now, Sir, what can I do for you ? Ap plicant—This good lady here, Sir, is my wife, and we can't by no means agree. Mr. GREGORIE--HOW long have you been married ? Applicant --A great deal too long, Sir ; its now above 14 years, and my old woman will be master. Wife—Ah and see if I don't as long as I can. Applicant—There, now, she can't keep her tongue quiet for a moment ; your Worship can see what she is. Mr. GlcEoomE—As you cannot agree, the better plan will be to call in some friend, who may be able, perhaps, to bring about a satisfactory arrangement. Applicant—Your Worship, I'm a man of very few words, and sovereigns are very scarce with me ; if you'd just be so good as to divorce us properly, and in the regular way, shall be obliged to you. Wife—Do, Sir, divorce us, if you please, for I can't bear to live with him. Mr. GREGORIE—My good folks, whoever told you that a Police Magistrate could divorce you has told you wrong ; the best mode of proceedin g , and, in fact, the o n ly correct one, will be to apply t o th e Ecclesiastical Court. Applicant—Where's that, Sir ? Mr. GREGORIE—In Doctors' Commons. The applicant and his wife then left the office, with their arms locked together , as w h en t h ey entere d , an d , i nstead of going to th Spiritual Court, as directed, went to a spirit shop at the corner of Paradise -street, where they settled their differences over a quartern of rum. A MUTILATED HUMAN BODY FOUND. The spot where the discovery was made is situated about a mile-ul-a-balf from Cumberland-gate, at the end of Oxford-s'ereet, and on the high road to Edgeware. On the west side of the road, and within about one hundred and fi., - ty yards of Pine Apple -gate, nine detached villas, calved Canterbury Villas, have recently been erected by a gentleman named Biers, residing on the spot. Five of them are finished, and four of them inhabited ; but the re mainder are still in an unfinished state, the workmen hav ing on Saturday last suspended their labours, on account of the severity of the weather. The front gardens are separated from the footpath by a wall about ten feet high, which, however, has not yet been carried up beyond the first six villas. When within ten feet of the end of the wall a flag-stone, about four feet long, and three feet wide, bad been placed, in a leaning position, by some of the work men, and it was behind that stone that the trunk of the un fottunate female was fo.:aid. Bond, one of face workmen employed on the building, states that P.: 3 he was passing the stone, lie observed some thing datk behind it, which, on a nearer inspection, he foun.-A 'to be a wrapper of coarse canvass, sewed together, avid resembling a bag used for bran. On removing the stone, and lifting it up, he perceived a pool of blood, of about nine inches in diameter, which had apparently oozed through the canvass wrapper. Alarmed by the discovery, he instantly c all e d to two men who had the care of the un finished t ouildings, who, on their arrival, advised him to open the package, which he then did. In addition to the human trunk, it contained a child's frock, made of the commonest printed cotton, and in a very tattered condition from fre quent wearing. It was in an extremely dirty state, and did not appear larger than to fit a child from about nine months to a twelvemonth old. There was also an old huckaback towel, much patched, and marked C. J., 2 B (.I. C. B.) in red marking cotton, and a square piece of an old white cot ton shawl, with a narrow blue border. Both were exceed ingly dirty. The blood had a very fresh appearance. Immediately on the remains being deposited at the poor house, the parochial authorities sent for Mr. Girdwood, of No. :3, Devonshire-place, Edgware-road, the parish-sur geon, to examine them, but he being from home his as sistant was the first medical man who arrived. He in stantly gave it as his opinion that life had not been extinct more than twenty-four hours. At a later hour of the even t _leg, Mr. Girdwood also examined the body with much - rinteness, when he expressed a similar opinion. He consi ders the deceased to have been a middle-aged female, of _ above the middle stature, and believes her to have been . mar d, for .t*k of .p w k •eddincr"-rin g - being Iher 'ae arms are' long, and the hand large, and exhibit every appearance of the ill fated woman having been used to hard work, from the dirt being fixed in the skin. Mr. Girdwood also considers that the mutilations had been committed subsequent to death. The head has been severed dose from the shoulders, and the thighs within about • three inches of the sockets. The bones have been sawed through in a very rough manner, and apparently with a common car penter's saw ; and that gentleman gives it as his cpinion that it had not been done for the purpose of an anatomical lecture, the body presenting no appearance of disease, but, on the contrary, of the deceased having. been remarkably healthy. There were also no marks of her having been bled or blistered ; and he therefore considers she must have . come by her death by unfair means. Throughout yesterday a dense crowd airrounded the poorhouse, and numerous applications were made by medi cal gentlemen, &c., to view the remains, but Mr. Pierce, the governor, informed them he was desired by the church wardens not to admit any person, but those who Welt likely to give some information tending to elucidate the mystery in which the horrid affair is at present 'involved. Hundreds of persons also visited the spot where the discovery was made. Daring the day police constable Pegler, of the S division, searched the whole of the unfinished httadings near the spot, but found nothing likely to afford any clue as to who the deceased was. He states that about eight o'clock on Saturday he observed an old chaise-cart, covered with mud, drawn up, with the horse's head towards town, close against the foot path, opposite where the stone was placed. Thinkin g it was placed th ere f or th e p urpose o f ro bbi ng t h e unfinished houses, he walked on to the tollgate, and watched it for about twenty minutes, when, finding it drive o(t with out his suspicion being confirmed, he thought no more of the matter. He now firmly believes the package to have been then deposited behind the stone, and that opinion is strengthened by the fact that, although the snow heti drifted in at each end of the stone, there was none Underneath the package, and it will be remembered that it did not com mence snowing until ten o'clock on Sunday morning. In the course of the afternoon the body was opened by Mr. Girdwood and two other surgeons, but nothing of a de leterious nature was found in the stomach, nor (lid any of the vessels present any appearance of disease. Up to ten o'clock last night no discovery had been made of the other parts of the body ; nor had any clue been ob tained likely to lead to the detection of the perpetrators of the horrid deed, although inspector Peltham and Sergeant Hampton, of the S division, and constable Pegler, 104 S., have been actively engaged all day in prosecuting their in quiries. `e.t !!). THE SUN, LONMN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1836. XtIE SNOW STORM. 1 . • • L.' ryeehttrot annohnce any pesitive but, on the contrary, rather an increase, of the snow yesterday, vet there is a 'decided change ih th Weather, which holds but the expectation of diminution of the sudden and eenhart'asSing Visitation with Willa We haVe been ever Whelmed. Yesterday &ening the ainteSphere became decidedly milder, and the kind Vecti to the West ward. The elonds•, Ifnive\'et• aN still heaVy, and have the appearance 4 h "i";ontinuance of the sno w . But it will be some advantage if a thaw comes so strong as tO plat an stop to the drift, which has bneen hanSe of the obstructions to otir 'C'ohithiliVications with the provinces. By the PtAt t_,‘ce return, which we subjoin, it will be sett that at eight o'clock last night all the mails from the interior of the country, which were reported absent; nu the previous day, had arrived with the exception of ewe. At a later hour the 11 7 tA:rt - tecer trail also arrived, after a very tedious and diflicult journey. Stage coaches also froth dif. ferent parts of the country, which had Weft due for some days, began to make their ntiptzttance, and the intercourse, after some days nf hhally total cessation, is now resuming somethift tiLe its ordinary course. Much inconvenience, however, is still felt, and still more is apprehended, from the effects of the unusual and unlooked-for irregularity in the arrival of remittances. It is said that there is now an accumulation of dishonoured bills at the various banking }tenses in town, so much beyond precedent or expectation, that it leaves no doubt an enormous majority of them are from the delay of remittances in consequence of the snow storm. An Fivening Contemporary states that one banking hot-,e In the City had to note 182 bills on Wednesday night, which had no names, in case of need, attached to them. A considerable number of them had, however, been taken up yesterday, by the arrival of the snail-bags of Monday and Tuctdtky. Very general fears were entertained that there would be considerable loss of life, or at least of property, and inquiry has been made, with a view to ascertain if these fears were well founded. We are happy to say that, as far as our in formation goes at present, the lamentable occurrence at Lewes is the only one calculated to support the apprehen sions which were excited. But in the absence of any authen tic information, a great many rumours of a sinister com plexion were afloat. Among other reports which were cur rent in the City, it was stated that the guard of the Brighton mail, whose illness was before mentioned, was dead ; but the report, we are happy to say, has not been corroborated. The few accounts received from the provinces during yesterday were of rather a gloomy description. The at mosphere still appears to be loaded with snow, and a se cond heavy descent is feared. The quantity that has fallen since Monday morning is not great, but the storm com menced in the country earlier than we had it in the me tropolis. The Dover mail sent out on Wednesday night only reached Rochester, and then turned back. Beyond the country is deeply buried in snow, and there has been no communication by horse or foot downward since Sunday. By Chatham Lines the snow is from 30 to 40 feet deep. Application having on Tuesday been made to the Com mandant of the Forces stationed at Chatham, by the Sur veyor of Roads, for assistance, all the military were ordered out, and about 600 men have ever since been employed in clearing the roads. They are principally sappers and miners, and commenced with the road upwards, which in the hollow of Gadshill and other vales was very deep in snow. Between Rochester and London the roads are now reported to be good, and the flies and omnibuses have re sumed their traffic between Rochester and Gravesend. The Stroud mail, due on Tuesday morning, did not ar rive till a quarter before six o'clock_on Wednesday evening, and then in a post-chaise and four from Benson. Between Witney and Cheltenham the ground is exceed. ingly heavy with sncw, but by the exertions made in clear. ing the roads, the Gloucester mail was brought in by 1 o'clock yesterday morning. The guard of the Hull mail came in with the mail due on Monday, at 22 minutes before two o'clock yesterday af ternoon. The coach had been left beyond Lincoln, bu ried in snow, and from Lincoln the journey was performed in a post-chaise. Between Watton and Stevenage the chaise was fast stuck in snow, and a delay of two hours and a half took place before it could be dug out. At Bal dock the guard was again stopped by a drift, and was obliged to return to the inn and wait till the road could be cleared. The Hope Halifax coaches, due since Sunday, have no been heard of. The Red Rover, of Liverpool and Birmingham, arrived yesterday afternoon. A gentleman who was at Maidstone on Wednesday states that on that day he walked thence to Chatham, and by diverging from the road, and keeping along the ridges of hills, or by the side of the Medway, he managed tolerably well. The hollows by Blue Bell Inn, and by Kits Cotty House, were deep in snow. He returned from Chatham to Gravesend yesterday by coach, and found the road ge nerally well cleared. From Gravesend he reached Lon don by the steamer. There is no ice on the river ; but from the high winds much damage is reported to have been done to the fishing smacks of Harwich, and to the colliers and other craft. At Stroud, near Rochester, at the bottom of the bill near the milestone, a cottage was completely buried in snow' and the inmates had to be dug out. The first delivery of general -post letters commenced yes• terday at 11 o'clock, and a second took place at 3 o'clock, and it was announced that all letters received after the last hour would be sent out by the two penny post. It was likewise announced that all tile . mails would be sent out at the usual hour. At four o'clock yesterday afternoon, a second list was exhibited at the Post-office ; but the only alteration was the announcement of the arrival of the Bath mail, due in the morning. No further official notice was posted up to the closing of the office gates last night. The last account of the Leeds mail leaves it fixed be tween Melton Mowbray mid Northampton. Two passengers from it got over to Stamford, and continued their journey by the Glasgow mail. The Glasgow mail, due on Tuesday morning, arrived between five and six o'clock yesterday evening. The guard left London on Sunday night, and had a most arduous journey down to Grantham, where a fresh guard took his place. On his return up the great difficulty was the want of fresh horses. The post-horses are generally reported as dead beat on the various roads, and those post-masters who have fresh horses are not disposed to let them out. All the mails went out last night. Coaches were started yesterday afternoon and evening from most of the principal inns on an experimental journey. They mostly went out well loaded. No coach has been able to make the journey from Maid stone to London, by Footscray since Sunday. In none of the suburban districts of the metropolis have the effects of the late dreadful snow storm been more severely felt than in Chelsea, Battersea, Wandsworth, Mer ton, Fulham, Hammersmith, Teddington, and Richmond. The poorer classes of these places had scarcely recovered the disastrous consequences of a hurricane which long will be remembered by them than they had to contend against the effects of another, which, at present, are likely to be come infinitely more calamitous. The condition of the fisher men and their families, who principally reside in little huts along the side of the river, especially at Battersea Marshes, is truly distressing. The major part of them, from being unable to obtain employment, are in the greatest state of destitution, and suffering the pangs of cold and hunger. These poor creatures are also in great dread that when a thaw takes place their dwellings will be washed away by the high tide of the river. The watermen, lighter men, and bargemen are also prevented working their craft from the severity of the season, and considerable losses have been sustained by merchants and others above bridge, in not being able to obtain conveyances for their merchandise to the several wharfs and docks on the river below bridge. The masts and spars of the barges and lighters are covered with ice, and the rigging and canvass completely frozen. In Chelsea, where there are a gryat number of boat-builders, the workmen employed at this business in repairing and getting ready noblemen's and gen tlemen's yachts and pleasure-boats, for the ensuing aquatic season are unable to follow their occupation from the incle mency of the season, it being necessary for them, in some instances, to work on the river. The market-gardeners o f the before-mentioned placos have been particularly embar rassed by the late snow-storm, and have sustained heavy losses from being unable to obtain an expeditious transit of their carts and wagons, in consequence of the roads from those districts to the metropolitan markets being rendered almost impassable from the effect of this unprecedented fall of snow, and by which circumstance they have been pre vented obtaining quick and ready sales for their several com modities. The operative gardeners are almost starving,being prevented working on their employers' grounds from the snow, which is in many places some feet deep. The roads of the above-named places, especially the King's-road, Chel sea, are covered with snow, which in many sheltered situa tions facing the south has melted, and afterwards frozen,which has rendered walking on them extremely unpleasant and dangerous to pedestrians. The grounds and parks of noble men's mansions and gentlemens' villas, for miles West of London, are in a sad state, and many valuable plants and shrubs have died from being buried in the snow. The gardens of the squares of the West-end of the town, parti cularly Belgrave, Eaton, Grosvenor, Cavendish, and Hano ver squares, present a melancholy appearance, and it is an ticipated by the gardeners and keepers of the same that, on removal of the snow, it will be found that they have sustained considerable damage. It is, however, gratifying to find that a subscription has been commenced by several benevolent ladies and gentlenien of Chelsea towards the relief of their miserable and destitute fellow ttetures; This subscription, we are happy to say, goes on piotperbUsl atA it is Undbisibbd that the benefits of the §aitie are ottlS extended to residents in the districtS thel- Sea. It is to lie hbped that sit-1111r undertakings will be set 'on foot in the btlibr phiceS hattled at the commencement of thiS pati-agi-aph; the hutillilet. 61' arb equally, if not ltiore dts4esseet... tth Whiiitta.oonsidei'rible flocks of fieldfares, star lings, and rnipes hai , e been seen in Hackney-marshes the last fetV days; *Mt oetaSi'phall? tviid dtibicy and geese—a tiroht Ot the i'nOethency of tlai WeatileP i and a tirdLitiogiicii tion idf its continuance: Yesterday morning theho4 of ah old intim Of the name of Mason, who was occasionally eniployed as a pt3rter to brokers was found in a loft in Montague•street, White cltapeli where he was accustomed to sleep. From the rigid appearance of the muscles it is supposed that he died from the inclettleney nt thti wnattieh thn phut heihg rr much. et:posed. HULL.—On Friday we were visited by a storm of snow with a sharp frost, which, accompanied by high winds, fre quently amounting to a hurricane, have continued to the pre sent time, almost without intermission. The fall of hail and snow exceeds anything we have witnessed for several years. Since Saturday all the mails have been either delayed or en tirely stopped. The London mail, on Saturday, arrived nearly two hours after time. The Leeds mail, due on Saturday noon, was not received until Sunday, and the London mail, due on Sunday afternoon at three o'clock, did not arrive until seven o'clock last night. The mail which left York for this town at half-past seven on Sunday evening, arrived at Market- Weighton at nine, beyond which plate, from the depth of snow and the danger of the roads, it was not practi cable to take the coach. Two guards took each a horse and set off with bags for Beverley, the next stage, but did not arrive at that town until nine o'clock yesterday morning, having lost their way, and been out in all the dreadful storm of Sunday night. They finally arrived at their destination about half-past 11 yesterday—nearly twelve hours beyond the appointed time. During yesterday the squally clouds of hail, snow, and sleet have occasionally been almost sufficient to blind us in the streets. But quietly domiciled in tom n, even with the evidence of eyes and ears which the above cir cumstances afford, we had no idea that on the entensive plain surrounding Hull, the effects were at all equal to what they appear to be from another fact. At four o'clock the chaise and four which had arrived with the mail from Beverley, a little before noon, was despatched with the return bags, but proceeded no farther than the toll-bar, a distance of two miles, when they found the road impass able for wheeled vehicles. The bags were forwarded on horseback, and the chaise returned. The driver states that a cart of Mr. Rudston's, together with the shaft • horse, were completely embedded and covered with snow. Poor Cockneys, how ye are doomed to be abridged in Christmas festivities ! Last year a steamer, loaded with prime wether mutton and fowls, prepared for many a Lon don dinner, took fire before she left the Humber. On this occasion, having a cargo of well-dressed turkeys, no way inferior to former consignment, the same steamer, having been despatched on Saturday, was fortunate enough to re gain this harbour on Sunday, with loss of bulwarks, B:c., having encountered, off Norfolk, such weather as baffled her experienced commander to discover exactly where she was. Trifling aside, it is feared more serious effects are yet to be heard of the extraordinary severe weather, which still continues with unabated fierceness. The London bags, despatched yesterday morning, were returned to the Post office in the evening, the guard having been able to pro ceed only six miles after crossing the Humber.—Hull Ob server of Tuesday. MANCHESTER.—On Saturday and Sunday last a very heavy fall of snow caused the obstruction of several roads in the counties of Derby, Warwick, and Leicester, and thus led to a temporary cessation of the communication between this town and the metropolis, and indeed between Birmingham and London, and between this town and Sheffield by one of the roads, that by Glossop and through the Woodlands ; but the Woodhead road to Sheffield continues open. The fall of snow here on Saturday was considerable, but not so heavy as to give rise to any apprehensions as to the state of the roads south of this town. But the delay of the mail and other coaches on Sunday was so considerable as to cause no small sensation in the town. The state of the roads, as evinced by the delays, was made much more difficult of passage during Sunday night, and the south coaches due in this town on Monday either did not arrive till yesterday, or had not arrived at all up to midnight. The London mail, due at a quarter before three o'clock on Monday afternoon, did not get in till three o'clock yesterday morning. The Derby mail, due at half past four o'clock - Monday afternoon, arrived about half-past une o'clock yesterday morning. _ Yesterday this state of the roads appeared to have con tinued, and up to this hour (Tuesday midnight) the Lon don and Derby mail, due yesterday afternoon, have not ar rived. The north mail, due at half-past seven o'clock yes terday morning got in about eleven. The principal roads which have thus been rendered, for a time, nearly or wholly impassable, are the road to Sheffield by Glossop and the Woodlands, which is choked up beyond Glossop, in the wild district of the Woodlands ; the London road in the south of Warwickshire ; also between Ashbourn and Derby (where one of the mails is said to be stopped) ; and it is also said to be impassable a short distance south of Leicester, where some coaches are stated to be detained. On Monday the London and Liverpool mail was stopped near Newcastle-under-Lyne ; but it was subsequently cut out of the snow, and dragged out of the spot in which it had become imbedded by several strong draught horses. Its appearance as it entered Newcastle, was very singular : large masses of snow adhered to it, and altogether it looked as if it had been overwhelmed and buried in some drift. Seventeen coaches (and it is probable that the Estafette and eight fast coaches running between this town and the metropolis, are of the number) are stated to have stuck fast at or near Dunchurch, which is about a stage south of Coventry. The road be tween the town and Leeds, and that between here and Birmingham, are free from any considerable obstruction ; but we understand that in consequence of the stoppage near Dunchurch becoming known yesterday morning at Bir mingham, the proprietors of the coaches running between that town and the metropolis determined not to run their coaches, and we are assured that not one coach left Bir mingham for the metropolis during yesterday. In this town during Sunday and Monday the frost con tinued to be severe, with a keen north-east wind, and occa sionally a slight shower of snow ; towards evening yester day there were some indications of a thaw, but it is possible that they were only the local effect of a heavy fall of snow somewhere in the neighbourhood. Up to the time of our going to press (four o'clock this morning) the London mail due yesterday afternoon bad not arrived, so that we have received no London newspapers of Monday evening. Even the morning papers of the day, which come through Birmingham, and which ought to have been in Manchester yesterday morning at half-past six, have not come to hand, being no doubt stopped between London and Birmingham.—Manchester Guardian of Wednesday. BRISTOL.—A very heavy fall of snow, accompanied by most violent gusts of wind, took place on Saturday and Sunday last, which had the effect of obstructing and ren dering impassable the road betwixt this city and London. On Marlborough downs and neighbourhood the drift had accumulated the snow fourteen feet in depth in some places, and it became necessary to remove it by manual labour to the extent of four miles. 'With this object large gangs of men have been employed, without effectually opening the communication ; for although the early coaches, which reached Devizes before the snow fell, reached this city yesterday morning, yet neither the mail nor one of the evening coaches which left London on Sunday has yet ar rived (Wednesday noon) in this city. On Monday night the guard brought the Sunday's bags by a circuitous route through Wooton-Basset, &c., to this city ; and this morn ing MOnday's mail and newspapers arrived, but the coach has not come on ; and the passengers upwards and down wards by different conveyances, to the number of 100 per sons, have congregated at two small public-houses, in ono of which only three beds can be made up. THREE o'CLocs...—The mail is just arrived, but neither passengers nor luggage. To-morrow it is expected the road will be opened.—Bristol Gazette of Thursday. BOSTON.—Yesterday (Monday) the mail did not arrive till nearly one o'clock, instead of ten minutes past eight ; on Saturday it was four and Sunday three hours later than it should have been. During the gale o❑ Sunday the brig Elizabeth, Captain Reid, drove ashore near Wyberton, and will with difficulty be got off. A smack was blown over on the same spot and greatly damaged. Owing to the immense fall of snow, even the steamers cannot get up with their vessels. The mail-bags were yesterday forwarded on horseback, the mail remaining here. A post-chaise at tempted to proceed to Spilsby, but was obliged to return to this town, it being impossible to go on.—Boston Herald. SUNDAY.—It is now, we believe, a histrum since the ground was covered with snow on Christmas-day. We have at last, however, " a white Christmas." There was a severe frost last night, and the falls of snow are heavy, but intermitting.—Dublin F•eenzan of Monday. NEWCASTLE.—The weather, which had for several days been more of a spring than a wintry character, changed on Friday morning to a keen frost, and became exceedingly stormy, the wind blowing in strong gusts from the N. to E.N.E., accompanied with a considerable fall of snow and hail. It has continued much the same up to the present time (Monday evening), and the fall of snow has been so great that the roads are almost impassable. The south mail, which should have been here by two o'clock this morning, did not reach Newcastle till within a quarter of nine, and the other coaches have been all more or less im peded. The mail went out drawn by six horses.—Tyne Mercury. ROCHESTER, TUESDAY NIGHT, llx,_ 07.—Dreaaful effects have been occasioned at this port the surround ing town by the tremendous snow-st orml vhich seems at the prysent moment to increase, and the olt, st do tint heavy a fall of snow asv e h ave hill.: It has been blowing tI 1. ,- o . ticzwe from the which intllie',l ~tesst fort f eet . has drifted the snow in some Da ring the night a number of vessels have :i)a:t riven into harboti PkS:of anchors, masts, bulwarks, C d , night the mail, whiOtitt's_? proceeding to London, was re gularly blocked up by the slitii;') tttr4 three hundrd men were immediately sent to make a passage eittilrh thtsnow, tiattpers, and miners, and after some iittitt They succeeded in feaellitig' tilt( mail, when the letter-bags , er e taken btit and forwarded to iituttlott 1 7 express. The coeh cannot at pfest!ni ,proceed further ;it Is km-0, that Lis weather will last far rbtrie time, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNV, O.—MONDAY NIGHT I —During the whole of last week svc mete visited by a fall of enowi which partially covered the . earth ; but on eltflattriti4:4aY gurtday) the wind - rose from N.N.E., and blew a fiiittieane, the snow at the same time filling very heavy, Mid eteatinued all the day, night, and Monday, without intermissioti. The mail from London, which generally arrives at St. Ni chcl's-square, at the Post-office, at one o'clock, did not arri‘ e in town till noon, when we were informed by the guard that the road from London in some places was totally impassable from the drifted snow, and they were compelled, with the assistance of some persons, to cut a passage through the snow, to allow the mail to pass. Numerous other coaches from the Turk's Head and the Turf Hotel, Collingwood-street, which had started since to Edinburgh, London, Durham, Alnwick, Sunder land, Berwick, Shields, and numerous other places, have re turned with their horses nearly exhausted, in consequence of the state of the roads from the snow. At about three o clock this afternoon, a coach from London arrived five hours and three quarters behind the usual time ; and the passengers, owing to the severity of the weather, left the coach at Durham for the Sunday night. There was only one of the passengers who accompanied the coachman, and sat on the seat behind the coachman, and was so numbed with cold that he could not move a limb, and was obliged to be removed from the coach and placed in bed, where he soon recovered. No intelligence as to what has happened with the Edinburgh mail, neither had it been heard of. The snow still continued to fall, and the ground is covered in some places even in town 12 feet in depth. DUBLIN, SATURDAY.—WC do not remember two days more intensely and bitterly cold than this and yesterday. At two o'clock yesterday the sky darkened almost to twilight—shortly after there were heavy showers of hail, rain, and snow. The night turned to frost, and with the morrow came the darkness, the cold, and inclemency of yesterday. STROUD.—The snow storm on Sunday night will be re membered as one of the heaviest on record. It began to snow heavily at 7, p.m., and increased until midnight, when it was accompanied by a tremendous hurricane from the S.W., which in a short time drifted the snow to the depth of ten or twelve feet ; the Stroud mail, the horsing of which does the proprietors the greatest credit, stuck fast several times after it had passed Maidenhead, but the high courage of the horses always brought it through when the depth was not more than the height of the forewheels, but after the mail had passed Benson the snow triumphed, for the mail and horses were literally buried in it. Tomkins, the guard, im mediately hastened to the nearest village and farm-houses, and in about an hour returned with six cart horses, and a force of labourers with spades, who soon dug the mail out of the snow, but with little benefit to its progress, as it was found that for a long distance the snow was ten to fifteen feet deep on the road. Tomkins, and Ricketts, the coach man, now resolved to make their way through the fields ; and over hedge, ditch, and wall they went as merrily as if it had been a fox chase, the labourers running with their spades should the game take earth ; at length the road ap peared clear, and they got on again, but were again obliged to quit it near Polton, and they took to the fields again with the same success. They soon after met the Stroud day-coach going up, and advised it to return, as it was im possible to get on ; it tried, however, but failed, and re turned to Cirencester. The mail arrived at Stroud before twelve, suffering only a delay of about four hours, owing to the very great exertions of the mail-guard and coachman, who deserve the highest praise, and the cheerful co-opera tion of the peasantry, who, at four a.m., did not scruple to leave their warm beds to aid the poor travellers, who were not unmindful of it before they parted. BOULOGNE, DEC. 27.—A violent hurricane, accompa nied by heavy falls of snow, commenced here on Saturday evening. Two steam-boats in the harbour, the King's packet Crusader and the Duke of Wellington trader, had intended to cross at midnight, but the violence of the wind induced them to postpone their starting till Sunday morn ing. The snow continued to fall during the night, and the north breeze to increase in intensity ; so that when the mo ment of trial came the Duke of Wellington for the first time faltered, and the Crusader, having on board the de spatches of Lord Granville, which had in the mean time come down from Paris, set out for some English port, all the old sailors protesting that it was impossible she could reach Dover. One or two persons only would venture with her. She stood bravely over the bar, but at the moment she reached the open sea, agitated by a furious from the northward, she began to heave and labour, hiding her prow one instant in the waves, and seeming lost in the next instant in the deluge which poured over her stern. All the people of Boulogne flocked down to the pier to witness this bold attempt of the crusader, and exclamations from the old boatmen showed their astonishment at the daring of the Captain. With the wind right in her teeth she struggled onward, gaining by slow degrees her course, insomuch that one of the persons who had come from Paris, and who had been dissuaded from tempting fate by going in this steamer, seeing how admirably she was now working, expressed his great regret that he had not embarked in her ; on which an old sailor told him to know when he was well off, and explained that the Captain of the Crusader, though he might fling his despatches into a fishing-boat, and thus land them in Eng land, could not so easily dispose of a passenger, and that he might be the whole night at sea, unable to make any port. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, the Telegraph coach, which starts every evening for Calais, set out as usual on Saturday, full of passengers, but after advancing about a league was compelled to stop for the night at the little village of Verville. The next morning the coachman again endeavoured to proceed, but, after two hours' effort, found it impossible to advance further than Marquise, about two leagues further, the roads here being utterly impassable. The passengers, having alighted at. the little auberge, were soon afterwards joined by those who had left Boulogne on Saturday afternoon by the dili gence, that vehicle having been abandoned in a snow drift a little beyond Marquise. The diligence company were loud in their complaints against the conducteur. They had, it seems, stuck fast in the snow not half a league from Marquise, at eight o'clock the night before, and the postilion and conducteur, quietly taking off the horses, had left the diligence in the midst of the tempest, and the passengers to take care of themselves. Some of them had tried to retrace the road, but in the darkness of the night, and in the midst of such a storm, it was impos sible to do so ; and the whole party had been compelled to remain in the crazy machine, if not absolutely exposed to the weather, enduring is great share of its severity. The windows did not, of course, shut close, and the snow found its way into coupe, interior, and rotonde ; the wind also pe netrated with it ; and the situation of the passengers may be best conceived by stating that a foot deep of snow was cleared from the different partitions where they had spent the night. What a fuss did this arrival produce at the inn of the Grand Cerf, at Marquise. How did the fat mother, and fat daughter, and the coarse kitchen wench bestir themselves, to get coffee and cutlets ready for the new importation ! How many additional logs were thrown on the fire, and how gradually did the ill-humour of the travellers thaw, as various comforts were applied, until at last they began to laugh at the oddity of each others appearance. , One could not fail to remark how much better the ladies bore their uncomfortable situation than the men. There were two who did not seem in the least discomposed by their long night of endurance. Their countenances had less the ap pearance of fatigue, and they did not clamour with com plaints so much as their male companions. While the Diligence company, joined to that of the Te legraph, filled the parlour of the inn, the °Veer Telegraphs came up at its regular hour from Boulogne, equally unable to proceed. The new coach company also rushed into the parlour, and every corner was filled with coats, hat-cases, and um brellas. A young and awkward Frenchman, whose um brella had the evening before been taken from the Tele graph, amused and tormented every one by the vivacity with which he questioned them about his-loss --" Mon sieur, avez vous vu mon parapluie ?" " C'est drole, quelqu'un a vole mon parapluie ?" " Conductcur—Avez vous un parapluie de trop ?" " Mais, mon Dieu, ou est mon parapluie ?" Nothing was heard but his lamentations and inquiries, and he lost the best part of his breakfast while looking after his parapluie. The scene acquired now a fresh interest by the e3tafette from Paris driving up. This i 3 a little carriage, with only place for one person and the despatches in it, and every one exclaimed, " It will serve as a pilot ; if that can pass, we may have some hope of finding out the way." The csta fette did pass ; but in a quarter of an hour it returned, though the courier had unharnessed one of the horses, de termined to force his way, if possible, to the post-office at Calais with the bag. The failure of the estafette gave rise to a fresh scene of despair. It was now evident that to get on was hopeless. This was a truly comfortable position to those bound for England—for packets might sail from CORONERS' INQUESTS. Last evening an inquest was holden at the Golden Eagle Tavern, in the Mile End-road, before W. BAKER, Esq., the Coroner, and a respectable jury, on view o f th e b o d y o f Mr. Thomas Shy nn , w h o was about forty years of age and had been for many years managing clerk to Messrs. Tilson and Co., the respectable solicitors in Coleman -street, whose friends were highly respectable, and who had committed a most determined act of self-destruction. The first witness called was Charlotte Mountford, a well dressed young woman, who gays= her evidence under great apparent affliction. She statttl that for the last four years she had lived with the deceased at No. 8, Bellevieu-place, Cleveland-street, Mile-end, and always passed as his wife. The deceased had been a principal clerk in the firm of Messrs. Tilson and Co., solicitors, in Coleman -street, and generally treated her with great kindness ; but within the last six weeks or two months there an evident change in his manner. He within that time spoke of a deficiency in his accounts, and talked of killing himself and her (witness), remarking at the same time that he could not bear the thought of her comng to want after his death. On Friday evening last he left town for Maldon, to spend the Christmas, as was his custom, with his mother and brother there, and returned on Tuesday evening, when his manner was very strange. He said that his mother and brother were very ill, and that he was mad himself from the effects of fever. Believing that he had been drinking a good deal, she made him some strong tea, and some time after he went to bed. In the course of the night she (witness) was awoke by the de ceased feeling about her throat, and on asking him what was the matter, he replied that he was looking for his hand kerchief which he had in his hand at the time. Witness thought nothing of this at the time, and went to sleep ; but in a short time was awoke again by the deceased passing his hands about her throat, and as soon as she was aroused the deceased turned round in the bed, and began to cry. Nothing particular occurred after this until about ten o'clock on the following (Wednes day) morning, when the deceased requested her to go up stairs and change the counterpane which was on the bed, and at the same time he sent her mother, who lived with them, out on a message. Witness went up stairs, and determining to make the bed at the same time she put on the counterpane, she commenced doing so, and on removing the pillows she found, underneath the one on which she slept, a razor, which a good deal alarmed her, and in a moment afterwards she heard the report of a pistol or gun, but she paid no particular attention to it, as she imagined it had been fired off in the square, a circumstance not of unusual occurrence. After making the bed she came down stairs, and having mentioned the circumstance of finding the razor to her mother, some suspicion was excited, and she went to the room which she had seen the deceased go into, when she went up stairs, and called him several times, but could not make him hear ; nor could she open the door, as it appeared bolted on the inside. She (witness) became much more alarmed, and sent for a person named Baker, a greengrocer in the neighbourhood, who forced open the door, when the deceased was discovered as the Jury had seen him. A gentleman from the firm of Messrs. Tilson and Co. attended, and said that there was a considerable defalcation in the accounts of the deceased, and this being discovered be was requested by the firm to make out his accounts. After a lengthened discussion among the Jury the Co- RONER summed up the evidence, and a verdict of " Tem porary insanity" was returned. Last night an inquest was held at the Old King's Arms, or Half-way House, on the Kensington-road, before Mr. lIIGGs and a respectable Jury, on view of the body of Elizabeth Pearson, aged 25, an interesting young wo man, who was found drowned in the Serpentine River, near Kensington Gardens, on Tuesday morning last. Mr. Thomas Burnham, of No. 16, Exeter-place, Bromp ton, knew the deceased, who, up to the time of her being missed, about a month back, lodged in the same house. She passed as a single woman, and was visited by a Mr Dodd, residing in Manor -terrace, King's-road, Chelsea, to whom she was very partial. For sonic weeks before leaving her home she was in a very low and dejected state, which witness attributed to broken promises made by Mr. Dodd. She was of very respectable connections. By the Jury—l have heard that the deceased was pro mised marriage by Mr. Dodd. 1 have heard her rave very much about her love for Mr. Dodd. lam of opinion that her mind was lately distracted. Mrs. Evans, the landlady of the house, gave similar tes timony : and added that the deceased, about two years back, had become the mother of an illegitimate child, which was dead. The father of the child had since poi soned himself. The sister of the deceased, a respectable female, who was much affected, said that her unfortunate sister was brought up in the best manner, and was quite accomplished ; but she had been the victim of deception. The Jury at first were of opinion that Mr. Dodd ought to be present ; but this was subsequently overruled, and a verdict of—" Found drowned," was recorded. Mr. Theodore Hook having undertaken the editor ship of the " New Monthly Magazine," it might appear ex traordinary, it' the circumstances were not explained, that his name should be advertised as the leading contributor to a forthcoming " Miscellany." We arc, therefore, requested to state that, prior to the editorship of the " New Monthly" having been offered to Mr. Hook, he had promised two articles to the publication in question, with which excep tions he will in future confine his periodical writing to the " New Monthly." The Duke Longueville's reply, when it was observed to him that the gentlemen bordering on his estates were continually huntin g on th em , an d th a t he ought not to suffer it, is word") , of imitation, " I had much rather (answered the Duke) have friends than hares." The general and twopenny postmen complain of being worked off their legs : for, besides numerous extra deliveries, they have this week the arduous duty of collecting their Christmas-boxes, and the less onerous task of spending them. On Wednesday was married at the Church of St. Roch, at Paris, General the Baron Athalin, Aid-de-Camp to the King of the French, to a young Lady, twenty-two years of age. The Baron had long been reported to have married her Royal Highness Madame Adelaide, sister of Louis Philippe. On \Vednesday afternoon a servant of Count Se bastiani rushed eagerly into his Excellency's apartment with the important announcement, " Monsieur, le courrier est arrive." The Count, anxious to learn the contents of de spatches delayed for so many days, ordered the courier to be immediately introduced. " Sacre Dieu," exclaimed he, as the man entered with the bags, " c'est celui quo j'ai envoye !" The Committee of the late Liverpool Musical Fes tival have distributed the sum of 2,300/. among the dif ferent public charities of that town. The Hon. Arthur Baring, the youngest son of Lord Ashburton, has arriv e d a t B a th House from Liverpool. This Gentleman is destined to take the lead in the mercan tile concerns of that opulent house. either Calais or Boulogne, or from both, while they wcr e detained rfnwilling prisoners half way. During this state of embarrassment an additional group of sufferers was added to the party at the inn. It was com posed of some of time actors and actresses of Boulogne, %.,v1o; 1.4.1 attempted to go over the day before to Calais. They had bt , :n upset in the snow, forced to abandon their little carrilge, arid to spend the night in a blacksmith's forge ; and they had come now on foot, through the deep Cu'wading, in all their finery, to the hospitable shelter which am village promised. Their habitual good nature did not desert them on this occasion, they laughed and joked on the oddity of each other's appearance, and at the itl.4 of promenading in dancing shoes arta silk stockings through the snow wreaths. A certain Alonsieur Pichon seemed to he the great man of the party. 'The manager's wife held his arm, anti the manager carried a little bundle. All the ladies called out , for M. Pichon, and M. Fiat:mu strode at the head, lifting the manager's wife in ant? out f the ruts; strutting with conscious pride at the homage paio him, " Alm mon Dicu, Messieurs et Mesdames," they' el" 4airned together, '° nc sortez pas—the road is blocked up, old itipnesable. We spent the night at an abominable farrier's . - A): moil Dieu, quelle ora , ' e." A gust of wind that almos t: tack the roof off the house bore justice to the truth of this last observation ; and the whole party rushed again to the inn to take sonic crumbs of consolation from another source. Other travellers arrived, bringing an account of fresh dis asters. The snow had fallen in such quantities on the low roads lending to Calais that it was quite impossible they could be open for some days : and, ridiculous as it may appear, tie telegraph was again ordered out for the third time, and r. was determined to return io Boulogne. Just at the momemt of starting the youn g Frenchman alluded to stopped the river he mounted the box with his usual question—" A'ez vous vu mon parapluie ?" There being vacant places it the Telegraph, some of the theatrical people prepared to take advantage of them, and to return to Boulogne. Tr.ere was space for three inside, with room for as many is would venture outside. The mina-- gees wife and the prima donna availed themselves of two seats within, and, finding a third disengaged, determined to give it to M. Pichon, to the exclusion of the husband. " Ou est Monsieur Pichon?" " Appellez Monsieur Pichon, " Pichon, vite, vite, vite," they exclaimed. " Pichon, venez vous, depechez vous Pichon," they cried together. The happy man came as fast as his dignity would allow him, ensconced himself in the vacant corner, bound up his head with a handkerchief, and when the manager came to claim' the place near his wife exclaimed that he had a terrible tooth-ache, and that it would be impossible for him to ride outside. The pauvre marl, with his teeth chattering, left Pichon in possession of the place, mounted the box with the driver, and Pichon and time prima donna commenced a duet, which, considering his tooth-ache, was remarkably well sustained. At every cabaret where the coach stopped, in order that the driver might take his goule of brandy, the husband, with a great icicle: hanging from his nose, beard all grey, his hat and coat ov - ,^rloaded with snow, popped his head in at the window ; while . Pichon ensconced his chin in the handkerchief, groaning with assumed pain, and the wife and the prima donna exclaiming " Pauvro Pichon, le pauvre petit Mellon." The manager's wife was evidently the manager, and the pauvre petit Pichon ma naged the manager's wife. Slowly by securely the Telegraph returned to Boulogne, where it found that no steamer had ventured to stir out in its absence. On Tuesday morning a change of wind at Boulogne allowed of the passage to Dover. DOVER, TUESDAY NIGHT, DEC. 27.—This place has been without communication with London, or even Can terbury, since Saturday, in consequence of the immense drifts of snow, which have blocked up the road. Various attempts have been made to penetrate, but without suc cess. The foreign mail, which left London on Friday night, has not yet arrived, and none of the mail or post coaches have ventured to stir beyond the precincts of the town since the same period. On Sunday the Crusader steamer, which left Boulogne that morning, appeared off the bar, but was unable to land her despatches or communicate with the shore. She then passed on to the southward, and is supposed to have made one of the Channel ports, though she has not been heard of since—at least in this quarter. This day the French packet-boat, with two of the over-due Paris mails, arrived from Calais, and at the same time the Duke of Wellington steamer from Boulogne. The former had two King's mes sengers on board. Orders have been made to one of the trading steamers to take passengers round to London, and it is probable that something of the kind will be done in case the regular communication cannot be opened to morrow by the number of workmen employed in clearing away the snow. The weather has been dreadful, but a moment of calm gives us hopes that its great severity is for the moment expended. A timber vessel has been wrecked on the coast, and it is feared that a great deal more injury has been done. The streets are knee-deep in snow, and the windows and doors almost Mocked up by the continued drifts. The rocks and hills were all in the same white livery ; and what between the violence of the wind, the lashing of the waves, and the Siberian appear ance of the town, a scene is afforded of a most picturesque nature. The remark of an Italian courier must not be omitted. " I have passed the Simplon, and am blocked up between Canterbury and Dover : when I get back who will believe me ?" General Soublette and General O'Leary, the Venezuelan Deputies, are, it appears, weather-bound near Boulogne, on their route from Paris to London. 'The French diligence and estafette are held fast at Marguire, between Boulogne and Calais, and the estafette despatches are conveyed by active peasants on their shoulders, from the point of stoppage to Calais. Such is the state of the road that one gentleman is going to Calais to-night by a packet, hoping to get on to London in the steamer which plys direct from thence. Dee. 28.—The inclement weather continues, and the communication with this place and the London road is still suspended. An attempt was made this morning to pene trate to Canterbury by the newspaper agent, but with what success is not yet ascertained. The proprietor of the Ship Hotel also harnessed two horses to a sledge, for the purpose of breaking the blockade if it were pos sible ; but he was glad to return after traversing- s ix miles. The trustees to the road have employed . a num berof men to cut through the snow—and it is to be hoped, unless another heavy fall should take place, that in a day or two the intercourse may be resumed. An ex. periment is to be tried by the postmaster to-morrow morn iug, and a steamer is to' be sent round to London with the mails now accumulated here. I take advantage of the same communication, though I am not sanguine as to its success, the weather having a still worse appearance, The captain and the passengers by the Crusader Government steam boat, which left Boulogne last Sunday, arrived here to-day. She made this port on the evening of her sailing, but in consequence of a timber ship being wrecked at the mouth of the harbour she could not enter, and was by signal or dered to stand away to the westward. The wind having risen to great violence she struck on the coast near Ryes and would have been totally lost but for the presonce of mind of Captain Tynne and the spirit of his mate and crew. She was finally, after two days' exposure, brought into Rye, from whence some of the passengers have corn° along shore to this place, the London road being, as they report, also stopped. The appaerance of the Channel is frightful, and the coast seems strewed with wrecks. A Boulogne boat came over to-day, but the Paris mail of Tuesday has not yet arrived. The Post Office or the Ad miralty ought to give a handsome reward to Captain Tynne for having saved his Majesty's packet. The pas sengers by the Crusader say they owe their lives to his courage and presence of mind. the streets are still en cumbered with snow, and the appearance of the weather this evening is still more gloomy than before. CALMS, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28.—1 wrote to you en Monday evening by a friend who left here by the General Steam Navigation Company's fine sea boat the Lo:d Mel ville, informing you of the dreadful hurricane and 1 30 ' 1 fall of snow we have had here since Saturday, which 1 ,,,a 5 rendered the communication with the interior most dim cult, as the snow in some parts is ten and twelve feet deep , The Paris diligence, which ought to have arrived on Sun day, was not able to reach beyond Beauvais, as the road is quite impassable, and the passengers were o bliged to mount on the miserable post horses, en franc drier, preceded by e postilion cracking his whip, who served as a conductor or guide through the snow, and so from relay to relay, as far as the road would admit. A great number of accidents have occurred on the different routes by persons mistaking their way and being smothered in the snow, but more espe cially in the cross-roads and by-villages, which are c oin. , pletely inundated, and many of the cottages buried several feet, so as to prevent the inmates coming out with safety. The diligence from Amiens, through St. Omer, was nearly_ lost, with all the passengers, as they got into a ditch off the road-side, and were, with the greatest difficulty, extri cated front their perilous situation by a party of soldiers belonging to the Waggon Train and the sth Regiment of Dragoons, who fortunately were not a great distance off, clearing the snow, and heard their shrieks, when immediately hastened to the spot with ropes , and thereby rescued them from inevitable death, as the diligence, from it s cxccssivc'we ght, was sinking into the bog , and could not be got out until three teams of horses we re obtained from time adjoining farmhou ses . Time position of t he vo y a g eur may be more easily felt than described, as am on g them w e r e se veral females, w h o were con ducted by Messieurs les 71111 V taires to the Po s t- o ffi ce , w here every they tiered them by th e h o l e , a nd they could proceed assistance as no vehicles b e i ng a bl e t o penetrate through the snow. 0„ The road from hence to Boulogne has t he a pp earance the whit e Al ps , as mountains of snow a re seen rising in ever; i direction ; w hil s t i n the valleys not a tre e or villageunables dis.. as c t e a e n d no w furt r h e e il, r cernible, and the peasants closed up in man y parts, i t l o av g e ha eto p u p t. ened A igorrenil a i ti e i s im o lb n er th o e Paris faccidents a b i ; trheepocroteerdietr: -.., V R 1.